In Moscow's Shadows 241: When Attack Dogs Turn

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of online narratives and Kremlin operations on media and public perception, focusing on the case of Ilya Remeslo and the Narva People's Republic.

A handful of memes and an online storm can look like nothing, right up until they start steering the news cycle. Efforts to talk up a secessionist Russian-speaking Estonian “Narva People’s Republic” look like a Kremlin disruption operation: manufacturing attention, stoking anxiety, and forcing journalists and officials into a no-win choice between silence and amplification. Rather more significant is the case of St Petersburg lawyer and Kremlin-friendly smear merchant, Ilya Remeslo, wh...

People in this episode

Host: Mark Galeotti

Topics covered

• Russian politics
• media manipulation
• secessionist movements
• disinformation
• Kremlin operations

Keywords

• Kremlin
• disinformation
• Ilya Remeslo
• Narva People's Republic
• media manipulation
• Estonia
• Russian politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kremlin

Places: Estonia, St Petersburg, Narva

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